Definitions for currish

currish cur·rish

Spelling: [kur-ish]
IPA: /ˈkɜr ɪʃ/

Currish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in currish (chirrsu).

Definitions for currish

adjective

  1. of or relating to a cur.
  2. curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.
  3. contemptible; base.

Origin of currish

First recorded in 1425-75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish1

Examples for currish

Our ears are first assailed by a few shrill, currish barks at intervals, like the outpost firing of skirmishing parties.

He was a cur, and denied the accusation in a currish manner, hardly intended to create belief.

The last sort of dogs consisteth of the currish kind meet for many toys, of which the whappet or prick-eared cur is one.

Marry, she says your dog was a cur, and tells you currish thanks is good enough for such a present.

Why should you stand between me and my rights in this currish way?

It is a currish thing to look upon death in battle or by hara-kiri as a pollution: this is a thing to bear in mind.

Then the currish way in which he took his licking added to the sport.

The last sort of dogs consisteth of the currish kind met for manie toies: of which the whappet or prickeard curre is one.

At the manor-house steps he found at last sufficient grace to say: "It was a currish thing to do; will you forgive me, Ardea?"

It was a currish image, suggestive of the choicest satisfaction.

Word Value for currish
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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